Given all the really important shit that this government says we "can't afford" it's amazing what they manage to find money for.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

www.sciencealert.com/now-people-w... We should have let them drink the mummy juice…

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late January. In a chaotic scene, NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus", JN.1.* +DeFLuQE (led by PE.1.4) and XFG.* "Stratus" are all significant. BA.3.2.* "Cicada" is also present, but at only 11%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE #Stratus 🧵

"Advice For Coping With 2026: Webworm gets a trauma & bereavement counselor to weigh in." Link: www.webworm.co/coping/

Hmm have any TAs/APTs used SVCB records for C2?

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Also, Aotearoa friends: new Covid booster formula lands in March, how your kids' school can get their free CO2 monitors from MoE (like Kawaiicon's literal antivirus protection), and more

Would you wear a long tail like this? 🤯 • #supermotiontail #dragoncosplay #fursuittail #fursuitcommission #tkwaggertail

Here's a blast from the past: github.com/isvsecwatch/...

www.wiz.io/blog/exposed... Sure CyberVibing can fix this!? /s

A woman gave a cop a thumbs down (wow, so rude 🙄) so he followed her home, assaulted her, tore her clothing, and tried to force his way into her home. It seems he used his authority as a cop as a bad faith pretence for why he was retaliating to her gesture But NZ Police says they think it was okay

Welp, unsubscribed from yet another YouTube channel who spammed a "collab" into my "subscribed to" feed. (In this case @techconnectify.bsky.social ) My subbed to feed is "channels I am subscribed to" feed, not a "channels I am subbed to and also people they collab with" feed.

Coming soon to a calculator near you!

And part of the Large Magellanic Cloud

And also a Betelgeuse, with some satellites in the way..

Sup Jupiter and the Galilean moons

Welcome to the InterSlop! gizmodo.com/llm-brainrot...

*loses thread of thing he was going doing between washing hands in bathroom and getting back to chair* Not sure if ADHD or long covid brain fog x.x

It's been 90 seconds and so far Brandy is the only one on the subway to notice that she's turned into a wolf. #OCs #P5ychArt

Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop

Halo OST great or greatest game music

*puts Infected Mushroom - Becoming Insane on loop*

November 7 election, so make sure you're enrolled by mid October. #nzpol

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

Sun has been angy!

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

Hmm, has anyone figured out the most recent discord spam/scam "developers looking for jobs in AI/blockchain" posts in discord? The bots/ops will join random (tech) discords and post a bunch of AI slop keywords and that they are looking for a job.

ManageMyHealth have published a new press release for January 12th Notifications are still ongoing. Russell Craig, who was Microsoft New Zealand’s National Technology and Security Officer from 2014 - 2023 has been appointed to the MMH advisory board. managemyhealth.co.nz/mmh-cyber-br...

Louder for the folks in the back: thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...

man, i'm glad I didn't put "stop drinking" on my new years resolution list (it's empty)

A number of people I know are either just catching up on the MMH news or are unaware so I put together everything I've posted so far into a blog post: utf9k.net/blog/managem... I wasn't sure whether I'd bother sharing it but apparently Reddit found it while I was sleeping

2026 prediction bingo because i guess thats a thing people are doing now lol

Aside from identity theft, what could attackers do? Let's ask: -How could medical and contact info be used against a 16-year-old girl? -What services could be denied based on these records? -How would hate groups use this information if it became public? -What is the risk to DV and abuse survivors?

Happy Nude Deer!

Here, at time of writing (first minutes of 2026) is what I understand to be the case about the Manage My Health data breach. I am writing this out as a what I know and why (and don't know) as of now to help anyone trying to explain this to others. This is a data breach with stolen patient data.

Welp, another year down, onto 2026 or something. Bet it will be just as shit/worse than 2025 x.x. No resolutions this year, no point, really.

I'm not an economist or historian, so this is only vibes... But I tend to think that the times we generally think of as the most prosperous (in NZ, Australia, UK and US at least) were the times with the strongest worker strength (unions) and the most public/government investment.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... RIP the DFIR peeps x.x

Anyone else getting other “collab” channels you aren’t subscribed to spammed into their youtube “subscribed to” feed? It’s super fucking annoying and there doesnt seem to be a way to disable it, other than unsubbing from the collabing channel (which i end up doing)

Oh right, of course listening to the same song over and over is (autistic) stimming…

Oop last minute pre xmas poops.nz update. Looks like it is going to be another covid Christmas!

Happy summer solstice!

ugh stupid coronal holes and their fast solar wind

wtf, the ministry of health cut the flutracking survey to save an entire $57K?! WTF is up with this stupid arse NZ government.. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".

New phone who dis

hell yeah, xssfox has the NZ Ikea store on her blahaj/smolhaj stock tracker: michaela.lgbt/blahaj

When your country's collective ability to bullshit on the internet is extensive enough to shape AI slop.